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Sustainable Capitalism
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Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Generation Investment Management LLP
Publication Year: 2012
Ben Franklin famously said, “You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.” We have the opportunity to rebuild for the long term and an obligation to seize it. Sustainable Capitalism will create opportunities and rewards but it will also mean challenging the pernicious orthodoxy of short-termism...
Samasource: Give Work, Not Aid
Authors: Gino, Francesca; Staats, Bradley R.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Different from traditional business process outsourcing companies, Samasource relied on a marginalized population of workers to execute the work. The case explores how the company can grow its capability to help individuals around the globe through the provision of digital work.
Marriott International and Pay-Per-View
Authors: Mead, Jenny; Wicks, Andrew C.; Neeley, Jonathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Darden School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
When critics assailed Marriott for offering adult in-room entertainment, the company chairman and CEO knew that his ultimate decision had to adhere both to his Mormon principles and to his responsibility for the corporation’s financial stability and the needs of its customers...
Regulatory Uncertainty and Opportunity Seeking: The Case of Clean Development
Authors: Kolk, Ans; Mulder, Gerhard
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2011
This article explores business opportunities that have emerged for different types of companies, including utilities, banks, project development & carbon offset companies, brokers, exchanges, consultants, auditors, and legal services providers with respect to clean development projects and the related carbon market.
Whistle-blowing
Author: Kleinhempel, Matthias
Product Type: Notes
Source: IAE Business School
Publication Year: 2011
This technical note explores the issues faced by whistleblowers as well as a number of components required for an effective corporate whistle-blowing program...
POSCO: Conglomerate-led Social Enterprise in South Korea
Authors: Chang, Dae Ryun; Sproule, Kevin
Product Type: Cases
Source: Singapore Management University
Publication Year: 2011
POSCO, founded in 1969, has spearheaded social business endeavours initially in its home country of South Korea and later abroad. Its latest social business project is its 'social enterprises'. The case takes students through the unique challenges that exist in this new world of government certified CSR in South Korea.
What Is CEO Talent Worth?
Authors: Larcker, David F.; Liaqat, Usman; Tayan, Brian
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2012
How much value creation should be attributable to the efforts of the CEO? What percent of this value should be fairly offered as compensation?
What Does It Mean for an Executive to Make $1million?
Authors: Larcker, David F.; McCall, Allan; Tayan, Brian
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford University
Publication Year: 2011
Executive compensation figures are not always what they seem...
Primark: £10? Ooh that's Expensive!
Authors: Villanueva, Julián; Nueno, José Luis; Ziskind, Julie
Product Type: Cases
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Could Mr. Marchant continue to make Primark a UK success while at the same time adapting its unique business model to suit new geographies? Could he once and for all dispel the perennial controversy regarding Primark's one weak link: suppliers' use of cheap factory labor?
Islamic Banking Lessons for the Financial Sector
Authors: Ribera, Alberto; Etzold, Veit M.; Wackerbeck, Philipp
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2011
As they try to strengthen their capital and reduce their risk operations, whom should governments, regulators and financial bosses turn to for inspiration? A good place to start would be to study those banks that have performed best since the crisis...
Adding Value Through Offshoring
Authors: Ricart, Joan Enric; Agnese, Pablo
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Today's new generation of offshoring increasingly features value-added services, such as highly complex software projects or specific R&D functions. These changes are forcing companies to rethink their internationalization strategies in order to incorporate more of these kinds of value-added offshoring processes.
Seeing Profitability Through a Banking Lens
Authors: Prior, Francesc; Santomá, Javier
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: IESE Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The two things that emerging markets lack -- access to finance and the extension of credit -- are the two basic factors considered as key drivers of economic growth. Yet, for banks, the lack of access to financial services and money transfer facilities in these markets represents a huge business opportunity, especially among low-income segments and small and medium-sized enterprises...
Can Ethics Be Taught?: Perspectives, Challenges, and Approaches at the Harvard Business School
Authors: Piper, Thomas R.; Gentile, Mary C.; Parks, Sharon Daloz
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Harvard Business Press
Publication Year: 1993
"Can Ethics Be Taught?" traces the evolution, strategy, and implementation of the pathbreaking Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Responsibility Programme at the Harvard Business School...
American International Group - 2010
Authors: Lorsch, Jay W.; Barton, Melissa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
The objective of this case is to explore how the board of a company in TARP struggled to oversee its top management.
Fortune Minerals - Adoption of IFRS
Authors: Sturby, Chris; Jean, Melissa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The controller of a publicly traded mining company must make a series of recommendations the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the company as the company prepares to adopt international financial reporting standards (IFRS). Major decisions revolve around accounting for the company's fixed assets and mining properties.
China Plays Heavy Metal: Rare Earth Elements and the US Defence Industry
Authors: Ramon-Berjano, Carola; Schuetz, Marcus
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2011
In 2010, 97% of the world's supply of rare earth elements (REE) came from mines in China. The United States faced the challenge of rebuilding domestic REE supplies to achieve self-sufficiency and protect the environment.
Avid Life (A, B)
Authors: Seijts, Gerard; Watson, Thomas
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
The Avid Life offering represented a legal and potentially lucrative investment. Nevertheless, only one investment bank was willing to help Biderman raise capital - because among the various social networks Avid Life owns is the notorious Ashley Madison online community for married people seeking to commit adultery...
State of Green Business Report 2012
Author: Makower, Joel
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: GreenBiz.com
Publication Year: 2012
This free, downloadable report measures 20 aspects of environmental performance, from carbon emissions to paper use and recycling, and attempts to answer the question, "Are we bringing a green economy into being?”
In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad
Authors: Duhigg, Charles; Barboza, David
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2012
In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most successful companies in the world, in part by mastering global manufacturing. However, the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labor in harsh conditions...
Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Responses to Environmental Protection in China
Authors: Marquis, Christopher; Zhang, Jianjun; Zhou, Yanhua
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2011
This article analyzes the closing gap between regulation and enforcement of environmental protection in China and explores its implications for doing business there. It identifies three major dimensions that characterize change in regulatory systems: priorities and incentives, bureaucratic alignment, and transparency and monitoring.
Passing the Baton: Role Transition of B. K. Jhawar
Authors: Ramachandran, Kavil; Mathew, Alexander
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
This case involves an accomplished business leader, B.K. Jhawar (BK), founder of Usha Martin Group, who successfully managed the twin challenges of retirement and succession. By the time he reached the age of retirement, BK had built up a social venture as his second and endless career option. Before completely disengaging from the business and transitioning to his new role full time, BK prepared the second generation for business leadership and effectively passed on the baton.
Green-Tech: Bio-fuels High Growth Strategy
Authors: Berruti, Federico M.; Liu, Heng-Yih (Gordon)
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Green-Tech, a Canadian company founded in 2006, was dedicated to developing, manufacturing and marketing portable and stationary systems for the production of bio-oils and bio-char from biomass residues and wastes. Although quite well-positioned and focused, Green-Tech has to deal with relationships with large companies such as Shell that in effect control a large and complete supply chain of oil-related business, as well as small firms and clients that are unable to manage their waste effectively...
The Merit of a Points-based Merit System at the Edwards School of Business
Author: Pohler, Dionne
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
The case highlights the impact of recent collective bargaining changes on the implementation of performance-based pay in a Canadian business school. The case outlines the rationale used in the design of the new points-based system, discusses the potential advantages and disadvantages, and highlights the perspectives of different stakeholders throughout the process, including the union, the faculty and senior administration at the university, college and department levels.
Souk El Tayeb: The Good Food Market in Lebanon
Authors: Jamali, Dima; Khoury, Haitham
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Kamal Mouzawak first launched Souk el Tayeb, a farmer’s market, in 2004 in Beirut, Lebanon. The idea was to create a communal space for farmers across the country to sell their organic produce and products. Mouzawak and his business partner are brainstorming ways to scale the impact of their social business while meeting the challenge of financial sustainability...
From In-house to Joint R&D: The Way Forward for Nokia Denmark
Authors: Larsen, Marcus Moller; Pedersen, Torben
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Motivated by the need to release pressure on its in-house capacity, Nokia Denmark decided to outsource certain product development projects to the Taiwanese company Foxconn in a joint R&D setup. However, by 2010, the rising pressure from the corporate headquarters and the competitive market environment on products and costs, Nokia Denmark thus faced a central question on how to proceed with the R&D setup...
The Company Behind The Brand: In Reputation We Trust
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Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Weber Shandwick
Publication Year: 2012
As consumers around the world have greater online access to a brand’s lineage, the influence of the brand "parent" or company behind the brand matters even more. In this uncertain climate, consumers expect more from leading companies and have no trouble boycotting those that fail to live up to new standards.
Business Value and Human Impact: Flexible Workplaces for Low Wage Workers
Authors: Swanberg, Jennifer; Kiss, Betsy
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Institute for Workplace Innovation, University of Kentucky and Marriott International
Publication Year: 2011
This presentation by Jennifer Swanberg, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Workplace Innovation at the University of Kentucky, and Betsy Kiss, Senior Director for Workplace Strategies at Marriott International, outlines ways that flexible workplaces for low wage workers can create human impact and business value.
The Drivers of Greenwashing
Authors: Delmas, Magali A.; Burbano, Vanessa Cuerel
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: California Management Review
Publication Year: 2011
The skyrocketing incidence of greenwashing can have profound negative effects on consumer and investor confidence in green products. Mitigating greenwashing is particularly challenging in a context of limited and uncertain regulation.
A Note on Moral Disengagement
Authors: Sucher, Sandra J.; Moore, Celia
Product Type: Notes
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
When Conrad Black, the fallen Canadian mogul convicted of multiple counts of fraud and obstruction of justice, claims that he “would never dream of committing a crime in a thousand years,” moral disengagement is what allows him to make that claim and believe it.
Chris and Alison Weston (A, B, C)
Authors: Sucher, Sandra J.; Moore, Celia
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Chris and Alison Weston describe how they, a well-educated middle class couple, ended up committing mail fraud...
How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything
Author: Seidman, Dov
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Wiley
Publication Year: 2011
Through anecdotes, case studies, research in a wide range of fields, and revealing interviews with a diverse group of leaders, business executives, experts, and everyday people on the front lines, this book explores how we think, how we behave, how we lead, and how we govern our institutions and ourselves to uncover the values-inspired "hows" of twenty-first-century success and significance.
Natura Cosmeticos, S.A.
Authors: Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Heffernan, James
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Rodolfo Guttilla, Director of Corporate Affairs for Natura Cosmeticos S.A., prepared for a meeting with key stakeholders to discuss the future of integrated reporting at Natura. How could the organization increase society's participation in the collaborative effort to develop new solutions to today's most challenging problems?
Liberte, Egalite, Sororite: How Should France Achieve Boardroom Parite?
Authors: Groysberg, Boris; Fischer-Groban, Hilary
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The French government is considering mandating a gender quota for corporate boards...
Education for Sustainability EfS Standards & Performance Indicators: 2012 Edition
Author: The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
Publication Year: 2012
The knowledge, skills, attitudes and habits of mind of Education for Sustainability (EfS) are embedded in The Cloud Institute's EfS Standards and Performance Indicators. Each EfS Standard has a set of coded Performance Indicators used to guide educators as they infuse their school culture, curriculum, instruction and assessment practices with Education for Sustainability.
Performance Management Systems
Author: Hernando, Soledad A.
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Asian Institute of Management
Publication Year: 2011
This course focuses on Performance Management as a process designed to ensure that performance standards are developed as part of an integrated cycle of management.
Management Accounting
Author: Hansen, Allan
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Copenhagen Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The focus of this course is the various accounting tools firms use in their annual reports, as well as the economic, social and environmental impact that accounting practices have on various stakeholder groups.
Social Entrepreneurship and Non-profit Management
Author: Rha, June-Young
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: KAIST Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The course deals with the various issues of management of social purpose organizations: social entrepreneurship, social business model, strategic management, marketing, mobilizing resource, alliance and collaboration, total quality management, performance measurement, etc.
Management Control Systems
Author: Landry, Steven
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Monterey Institute of International Studies
Publication Year: 2011
The course focuses of "performance measurement and control systems for implementing strategy". Ethical issues are integrated via investigation of the topics of "managing tensions within the organization", "core values", and "risks to be avoided".
Transformative Times: New Opportunities for Business in an Era of Upheaval
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Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2012
The 20 articles that make up this special report explore the many ways that the business community has responded to changes in our global economy and analyze how startups as well as established firms are taking advantage of transformative events around the world.
Verengo Solar Plus!
Authors: Sahlman, William A.; Lassiter, Joseph B.; Kind, Liz
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Aided by favorable regulatory changes and a consumer financing partnership, Verengo's solar business took off and became the company's primary focus. Eager to expand to markets outside of Southern California, Verengo's owners knew that they had to carefully assess the firm's many opportunities and tightly manage its growth.
ZETA Communities (A, B)
Authors: Levitt, Raymond E.; Plambeck, Erica; Larson, Andrea; Rosenthal, Sara
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The case describes the emergence of the green building movement, and the co-founders' vision for launching a net zero energy, prefabricated housing company. It also illustrates how a company innovates on the stagnant, fragmented construction industry to create an entirely new approach to building.
Attune Foods: Challenging the Goliaths with Authenticity
Authors: Carroll, Glenn; Lederer, Xavier
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
This case allows students to consider innovative ways of competing from the perspective of a small organic foods company in a highly competitive environment dominated by large, well funded companies.
Trucost: Valuing Corporate Environmental Impacts
Authors: Toffel, Michael W.; van Sice, Stephanie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Increased investor interest in environmental issues-and an ever growing number of corporate environmental ranking-led to a proliferation of competitors to Trucost, and an industry shakeout were predicted. How should Trucost compete?
CARD Group: Mutually Reinforcing Institutions
Authors: Montgomery, Cynthia A.; Chen, Michael Shih-ta; Lau, Dawn
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Under Dr. Aristotle Alip's leadership, CARD has become one of the top microfinance institutions in the world. Should CARD partner with commercial institutions to reap benefits from their larger sources of capital and technology expertise, or would that mean compromising the original mission of elevating people from the base of the pyramid?
Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure
Author: Schoemaker, Paul J. H.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Wharton Digital Press
Publication Year: 2011
Brilliant Mistakes explores why minimizing mistakes may be the greatest mistake of all, situations when mistakes are most beneficial and when they should be avoided, the counter-intuitive idea that we should deliberately permit errors at times, and how to make the most of brilliant mistakes to improve business results.
Business Schools and their Contribution to Society
Authors: Morsing, Mette; Rovira, Alfons Sauquet
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Sage Publications Ltd
Publication Year: 2011
Business schools are arguably some of the most influential institutions in contemporary society, heavily influencing the way much socioeconomic activity is conducted. Combing perspectives from business school Deans from around the world, as well as scholars and business leaders, this book discusses the current and future challenges facing business schools today.
Sykue Bioenergya
Author: Hiatt, Shon R.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
It was a hot, fall day in May 2011. The three founders of Sykué Bioenergya had traveled 1500 kilometers from São Paulo, Brazil to inspect their company's 30-megawatt biomass power plant, which had become operational six months earlier. While they had experienced a number of problems in starting their company, they had addressed many of them. However, they had now reached a crossroads...
Lehman Brothers and Repo 105
Authors: Mikes, Anette; Yu, Gwen; Hamel, Dominique
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The case examines the economics of the off-balance sheet transactions Lehman undertook prior to the collapse, and highlights the corporate governance challenges in situations where firms face capital market pressure and market downturns.
Wal-Mart's Katrina Aid
Authors: Diermeier, Daniel; Crawford, Robb; Snyder, Charlotte
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2011
After Hurricane Katrina hit the coast of Louisiana on August 29, 2005, Wal-Mart initiated emergency operations that not only protected and reopened its stores, but also helped its employees and others in the community cope with the disaster's personal impact.
Arthur Andersen (A, B, C)
Authors: Diermeier, Daniel; Crawford, Robb; Snyder, Charlotte
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2011
These cases describe the demise of Arthur Andersen, a firm that had long set the industry standard for professionalism in accounting and auditing. Once an example of strong corporate culture with a commitment to public service and independent integrity, Andersen saw its culture and standards weaken as it grew explosively and changed its mode of governance.
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